Benedict Cumberbatch

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in London, The United Kingdom

July 19, 1976

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Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch (born 19 July 1976) is an English film, television, theatre and voice actor.

His most acclaimed roles include Stephen Hawking in the BBC drama Hawking (2004), Victor Frankenstein and his creature in Danny Boyle's stage adaptation of Frankenstein (2011) at the Royal National Theatre, Sherlock Holmes in the BBC/PBS series Sherlock, Peter Guillam in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Christopher Tietjens in the BBC/HBO miniseries Parade's End (2013), Khan Noonien Singh in Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) and Smaug the dragon through voice and motion capture in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit trilogy.
Cumberbatch stars in the upcoming historical drama film, The Imitation Game (2014) as wartime cryptographer Alan Turin ...more

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Average rating: 4.09 · 6,202 ratings · 933 reviews · 39 distinct works

	Cabin Pressure Series 4 by John David Finnemore, Stephanie Cole (Narrator) , Benedict Cumberbatch (Narrator) 4.78 avg rating — 374 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cabin Pressure Series 2 by John David Finnemore, Stephanie Cole (Narrator) , Benedict Cumberbatch (Narrator) 4.77 avg rating — 362 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cabin Pressure Series 3 by John David Finnemore, Stephanie Cole (Narrator) , Benedict Cumberbatch (Narrator) 4.78 avg rating — 350 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) by Arthur Conan Doyle, Benedict Cumberbatch (Introduction) 4.11 avg rating — 218,911 ratings — published 1901 — 3058 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cabin Pressure: The Collected Series by John David Finnemore, Benedict Cumberbatch (Narrator) , Roger Allam (Narrator) 4.82 avg rating — 194 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Smaug: Unleashing the Dragon by Daniel Falconer, Benedict Cumberbatch (Foreword) 4.41 avg rating — 166 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Snowman and the Snowdog by Hilary Audus, Joanna Harrison , Raymond Briggs (Original Author) 3.77 avg rating — 147 ratings — published 1978 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli, Benedict Cumberbatch (Narrator) 4.07 avg rating — 7,811 ratings — published 2017 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sherlock Holmes: The Rediscovered Railway Mysteries and Other Stories by John Taylor (Goodreads Author), Benedict Cumberbatch (Narrator) 3.78 avg rating — 2,310 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Benedict Cumberbatch reads Ian Kelly's Casanova: A BBC Radio 4 reading by Ian Kelly, Benedict Cumberbatch (Reading) 3.66 avg rating — 382 ratings — published 2008 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I can feel infinitely alive curled up on the sofa reading a book.”
― Benedict Cumberbatch

tags: reading

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“Because reading is one of the joys of life, and once you begin, you can't stop, and you've got so many stories to look forward to.”
― Benedict Cumberbatch

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“The further you get away from yourself, the more challenging it is. Not to be in your comfort zone is great fun.”
― Benedict Cumberbatch

tags: acting, challenge, comfort-zone, fun

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